The Scottish referendum... even food has an opinion

Everyone's talking about the vote for Scottish independence and this week a picture of a cloud that looked like a Scotland free UK went viral. A sign perhaps? We didn't think so either, until we noticed familiar shapes forming in the Comedy Central canteen

Cloud

First Mother Nature threw her prediction into the ring with this Scotland-less cloud formation, hinting that she dismissed any suggestion the referendum could be hit by serious public disorder.

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Chicken

Then 55-year-old Terry O'Neil found this prophetic message in a KFC bucket in Eastbourne, making it clear that Colonel Sanders predicts a huge logistical exercise ahead for Scotland's 32 local authorities after the vote.

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Still, we thought no more of it. Until...

Sausage and Beans

We spotted this bit of soothsaying in our twice daily breakfast of sausage and beans. Coincidence? Or a sign that Scotland is about to take control of its own oil resources, which account for 60% of all oil resources in the EU. Sausage and beans indeed.

Couscous

Then this, in our couscous elevenses. Note the sultana Isle of White, but no Scotland. A warning, perhaps, that Scotland will reject Westminster rule in favour of self-government?